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Denmark 2026 general election

What was the result of the 2026 general election in Denmark?

Social Democrats won 38 of 179 seats with 21.8% of the vote. 84.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Denmark
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • Statistics Denmark, read 8 November 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from Statistics Denmark, read : Social Democrats won 38 of 179 seats with 21.8% of the vote; 84.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.2 points on 2022.

  • Social Democrats 38 −12 seats 21.8% −5.7 points
  • Socialist Peoples Party 20 +5 seats 11.6% +3.3 points
  • Venstre 18 −5 seats 10.1% −3.2 points
  • Liberal Alliance 16 +2 seats 9.4% +1.5 points
  • Danish People's Party 16 +11 seats 9.1% +6.5 points
  • Moderates 14 −2 seats 7.7% −1.6 points
  • Conservative People's Party 13 +3 seats 7.6% +2.1 points
  • Red–Green Alliance 11 +2 seats 6.3% +1.2 points
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 10 +3 seats 5.8% +2.0 points
  • Denmark Democrats 10 −4 seats 5.8% −2.3 points
  • The Alternative 5 −1 seat 2.6% −0.7 points
  • Borgernes Parti 4 2.1%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Denmark 2022 general election, party by party.

90 of 179 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 21.8%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 38 of 179 seats. A majority needs 90.

  2. +11 seats

    Seats gained by Danish People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2022. Social Democrats lost 12 seats.

  3. 84.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.2 points on 2022.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats38−1221.8−5.7779,252
Socialist Peoples Party20+511.6+3.3413,306
Venstre18−510.1−3.2361,689
Liberal Alliance16+29.4+1.5334,421
Danish People's Party16+119.1+6.5324,518
Moderates14−27.7−1.6274,775
Conservative People's Party13+37.6+2.1270,749
Red–Green Alliance11+26.3+1.2226,037
Danish Social Liberal Party10+35.8+2.0207,442
Denmark Democrats10−45.8−2.3205,302
The Alternative5−12.6−0.791,770
Borgernes Parti42.175,928
Independent candidates00.12,436
Faroe Islands and Greenland4

± is the change against the Denmark 2022 general election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 779,252
  • Socialist Peoples Party 413,306
  • Venstre 361,689
  • Liberal Alliance 334,421
  • Danish People's Party 324,518
  • Moderates 274,775
  • Conservative People's Party 270,749
  • Red–Green Alliance 226,037
  • Danish Social Liberal Party 207,442
  • Denmark Democrats 205,302
  • The Alternative 91,770
  • Borgernes Parti 75,928
  • Independent candidates 2,436
  • Faroe Islands and Greenland

Source: Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik), StatBank.dk/FV26TOT and StatBank.dk/FVKAND, the 2026 Folketing election, free to reuse with this reference (the licence page links Statistics Denmark and its terms). The votes are as Statistics Denmark publishes them, and a party's seats are the men and women it lists as elected, added up. Own calculations based on data from Statistics Denmark: the shares, the turnout, the change on the election before and the indices. Shown in our own layout.

The Folketing has 179 members. Statistics Denmark's tables cover the 175 seats elected in Denmark; the Faroe Islands and Greenland elect the other 4. We added those from Statistics Denmark's election report, and the indices leave them out.

The turnout is the valid and the invalid votes together over the persons entitled to vote; the invalid votes are the blank and the spoilt ballots.

The source publishes votes only: shares are votes over the valid (expressed) votes, computed by us.

How many people voted?

84.0% of the 4,303,429 registered voters cast a ballot (3,614,272 ballots), down 0.2 points on 2022. 3,567,625 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1990 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats21.8% of votes21.2% of seats
  • Socialist Peoples Party11.6% of votes11.2% of seats
  • Venstre10.1% of votes10.1% of seats
  • Liberal Alliance9.4% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Danish People's Party9.1% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Moderates7.7% of votes7.8% of seats
  • Conservative People's Party7.6% of votes7.3% of seats
  • Red–Green Alliance6.3% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Danish Social Liberal Party5.8% of votes5.6% of seats
  • Denmark Democrats5.8% of votes5.6% of seats
  • The Alternative2.6% of votes2.8% of seats
  • Borgernes Parti2.1% of votes2.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 8.9 by votes and 9.0 by seats; Social Democrats led Socialist Peoples Party by 10.3 points of the vote.

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